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law enforcement authorities want more power to investigate. several groups, including chiefs of police, sheriff's associations, are pushing congress to pass a law saying your carrier has to record and store your text messages. it's not clear how long they want them stored. scott burns, of the national district attorney's association, one of the groups pushing the new law, says his group favors a period of three or four months. >> if you're in the middle of an investigation and bad guys are communicating back and forth, whether it's a homicide, whether it's evidence of a crime, its's crucial. i mean, 20 years ago, we weren't talking about this. today, everybody has a cell foenl. everybody texts and e-mails and is on social med. that's where the evidence is today. >> reporter: or not. major carriers like at&t, sprint or mobile didn't retain any content of customer's text messages. verizon keeps them for up to five days. >> scott burns says it's faster and more efficient to get from the carriers. hoe points out that, of course, the bad guys often
law enforcement authorities want more power to investigate. several groups, including chiefs of police, sheriff's associations, are pushing congress to pass a law saying your carrier has to record and store your text messages. it's not clear how long they want them stored. scott burns, of the national district attorney's association, one of the groups pushing the new law, says his group favors a period of three or four months. >> if you're in the middle of an investigation and bad guys...
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federal law. so i think the situation is likely to remain very uncertain for the foreseeable future. >> will they go into washington state and try to enforce federal law? >> they don't enforce much federal law when it comes to marijuana. only large scale traffics is prosecuted, but even then, the question remains of how do people get it to smoke it legally, and i think a lot of questions need to be answered before people can feel comfortable that they're following the law if they want to smoke pot. >> a lot of confusion, still, they need clarity on this issue. >> certainly. >> thank you, jeffrey toobin reporting for us. >>> we have a update from cairo in our next hour. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students.
federal law. so i think the situation is likely to remain very uncertain for the foreseeable future. >> will they go into washington state and try to enforce federal law? >> they don't enforce much federal law when it comes to marijuana. only large scale traffics is prosecuted, but even then, the question remains of how do people get it to smoke it legally, and i think a lot of questions need to be answered before people can feel comfortable that they're following the law if they...
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federal law. the department's responsibility to enforce controlled substances act remains unchanged. several former doj officials that spoke to cnn said that likely won't be the end of it. former attorney general under president george w. bush alberto gonzales laid out the options facing eric holder and the justice department. option one, lock the users up. >> go into washington state, arrest and prosecute those in possession of marijuana, then wait for the defendant to say wait a minute, you know, i've got state law says it is not unlawful. at that point, they can raise preemption and say the federal government laws preempt state law in this regard. >> option two. fight it out in the courts. >> sue the state of washington and state of colorado, take them to court, and say outright that in this field the federal government has preempted and that the law has to fall. >> option three. cut off federal money to law enforcement. >> simply start withholding federal grants to the state because of the fac
federal law. the department's responsibility to enforce controlled substances act remains unchanged. several former doj officials that spoke to cnn said that likely won't be the end of it. former attorney general under president george w. bush alberto gonzales laid out the options facing eric holder and the justice department. option one, lock the users up. >> go into washington state, arrest and prosecute those in possession of marijuana, then wait for the defendant to say wait a minute,...
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law enforcement tracing your text messages. how the push for a new law impacts your privacy. >>> and the living legal nightmare of a man who spent decades in prison, even though he's never, ever been convicted of anything. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a new urgency to the crisis in syria right now with growing signs the increasingly desperate regime of bashar al assad may be preparing to unleash chemical weapons against his own people. u.s. intelligence shows syria has mixed chemical compounds needed to make sarin gas. in an extraordinary move, the secretary of state hillary clinton met twice today with her russian counterpart on the sidelines of the security conference in ireland. there are signs russia's staunch support for assad may be faltering as the civil war rapidly evolves. >> events on the ground in syria are accelerating. we see that in many different ways. the pressure against the regime in and around damascus seems to be increasing. >> there's growing fear the assad regime will respond to th
law enforcement tracing your text messages. how the push for a new law impacts your privacy. >>> and the living legal nightmare of a man who spent decades in prison, even though he's never, ever been convicted of anything. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a new urgency to the crisis in syria right now with growing signs the increasingly desperate regime of bashar al assad may be preparing to unleash chemical weapons against his own people. u.s....
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all those governments in those countries said we can't sort out our laws in this country. so there has been some progress. one stumbling block, wolf, and that is a catholic still will never be able to succeed to the throne and some people in scotland and canada think there's discrimination still in the law so they have a problem with it. so that might block things. >> if there are twins, it doesn't make any difference if the first child is a boy or girl, that first child will be the next in line? >> what's interesting is that if there's a c-section, which child becomes the first to come out? the first one to come out will be the next one to the throne. >>> protests over at egypt's presidential palace in cairo. reza saya will tell us what he saw, that's coming up. yep. the longer you stay with us, the more you save. and when you switch from another company to us, we even reward you for the time you spent there. genius. yeah, genius. you guys must have your own loyalty program, right? well, we have something. show her, tom. huh? you should see november! oh, yeah? giving you
all those governments in those countries said we can't sort out our laws in this country. so there has been some progress. one stumbling block, wolf, and that is a catholic still will never be able to succeed to the throne and some people in scotland and canada think there's discrimination still in the law so they have a problem with it. so that might block things. >> if there are twins, it doesn't make any difference if the first child is a boy or girl, that first child will be the next...
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he opposes these laws. but this is the first time he's weighed in on this law in michigan and i suppose the surprise is just how forcefully he spoke out against the michigan law and, you know, in part you can say maybe because his political considerations are different with the election over, one can see how he could now be more candid. here's what the president had to say earlier today, kate. >> these so-called right to work laws, they don't have anything to do with economic. they have everything to do with politics. what they are really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. you only have to look to michigan where workers were instrumental in reviving the auto industry to see how unions have helped build not just a stronger middle class but a stronger america. >>. >> reporter: now, come pair that to the president's posture when there was a recall for anti-union legislation. at that time, the president supported the recall effort. he stood with the unions but the president took a lot
he opposes these laws. but this is the first time he's weighed in on this law in michigan and i suppose the surprise is just how forcefully he spoke out against the michigan law and, you know, in part you can say maybe because his political considerations are different with the election over, one can see how he could now be more candid. here's what the president had to say earlier today, kate. >> these so-called right to work laws, they don't have anything to do with economic. they have...